Planes overhead in E2
Tower Hamlets and Hackney, London. All 979 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Heathrow
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over E2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 83 a day; of its 979 postcodes, 979 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 53 a day; of its 979 postcodes, 979 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 979 postcodes, 979 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| E2 0200 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 under 10 |
| E2 223 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99 | 23 at 10 to 99 | 23 under 10 |
| E2 6194 postcodes | 194 at 10 to 99 | 194 at 10 to 99 | 194 under 10 |
| E2 7180 postcodes | 180 at 10 to 99 | 180 at 10 to 99 | 180 under 10 |
| E2 8197 postcodes | 197 at 10 to 99 | 197 at 10 to 99 | 197 under 10 |
| E2 9185 postcodes | 185 at 10 to 99 | 185 at 10 to 99 | 185 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 3 a day over any of its postcodes.
7 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
What counts as overhead
Overhead means more than halfway up the sky (48.5 degrees or more) and below 7,000 ft, the CAA's definition of an overflight (CAP 1498). A day counts as one way when 80% of its flights used that way.
Near E2
E1 E8 EC2A EC2M EC3A E9 EC1Y EC3N
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow. Flight tracks: adsb.lol (ODbL 1.0); Weather at each airport: Iowa Environmental Mesonet; Ground heights: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Postcode positions: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL). Licence: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.